Re: Making Emacs popular again with a video

[Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, 15 May 2020 at 03:49, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:

> > Yes, the only thing vscode doesn't have is rapid prototyping, extending
> the
> > environment quickly. Writing an extension for it is much more cumbersome
> (no
> > built-in docs for the api either, you have to browse the web for that),
> but
> > most users don't write extensions anyway, they just want to use existing
> > ones, so this doesn't concern them.
>
> Indeed, I think what sets Emacs apart, really, is the effort that's been
> made since the very early design to try and abolish the boundary between
> "user" and "developer" and make it as easy as possible to get
> something going.
>
>
>         Stefan
>
>
>
+1 and likely the aspect of Emacs we should emphasise. With VS code, you
cannot easily create a workflow with a high level of automation that is
project specific. There are lots of extensions you can add which will deal
with 'standard' workflow components, but no easy way to glue them all
together and implement automated steps.  In Emacs, using and programming
your environment to meet your needs are blurred and enable you to do things
your way, not someone elses way.

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regards,

Tim

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Tim Cross

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